TY - BOOK AU - Smith, Ronald Dee, TI - Veterinary clinical epidemiology SN - 9780849315664 (hardcover : alk. paper);0849315662 (hardcover : alk. paper) PY - 2006/// CY - Boca Raton PB - Taylor & Francis KW - Epidemiologic Methods N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-249) and index; Defining the limits of normality -- Evaluation of diagnostic tests -- Use of diagnostic tests -- Measuring the commonness of disease -- Risk assessment and prevention -- Measuring and communicating prognoses -- Design and evaluation of clinical trials -- Statistical significance -- Medical ecology and outbreak investigation -- Measuring and expressing occurrence -- Establishing cause -- Source and transmission of disease agents -- The cost of disease ER -